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King's Indian Defence From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia King's Indian Defence a b c d e f g h 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 a b c d e f g h Moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 ECO E60–E99 Parent Indian Defence The King's Indian Defence is a common chess opening. It arises after the moves: 1. d4 Nf62. c4 g6Black intends to follow up with 3...Bg7 and 4...d6. The Grünfeld Defence arises when Black plays 3...d5 instead, and is considered a separate opening. White's major third move options are 3.Nc3, 3.Nf3 or 3.g3, with both the King's Indian and Grünfeld playable against these moves. Contents [show] This article uses algebraic notationto describe chess moves. [edit]Overview The King's Indian is a hypermodern opening, where Black deliberately allows White control of the centre with his pawns, with the view to subsequently challenging it with the moves ...e5 or ...c5. Until the mid-1930s, it was generally regarded as highly suspect, but the analysis and play of three strong Ukrainian players in particular—Alexander Konstantinopolsky, Isaac Boleslavsky, and David Bronstein—helped to make the defence much more respected and popular. It is a dynamic opening, exceptionally complex, and a favourite of former world champions Garry Kasparov, Bobby Fischer, and Mikhail Tal, with prominent grandmasters Viktor Korchnoi, Miguel Najdorf, Efim Geller, John Nunn, Svetozar Gligorić, Wolfgang Uhlmann, Ilya Smirin, and Teimour Radjabov having also contributed much to the theory and practice of this opening. [edit]Variations The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) classification of variations of the King's Indian are: E60 King's Indian Defence E61 King's Indian Defence, 3.Nc3 E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto Variation E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav system E65 King's Indian, Yugoslav, 7.O-O E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto with ...Nbd7 E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line E70 King's Indian, 4.e4 E71 King's Indian, Makogonov system (5.h3) E72 King's Indian with e4 & g3 E73 King's Indian, 5.Be2 E74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5 E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line E76 King's Indian Defence, Four Pawns Attack E77 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 6.Be2 E78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3 E79 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, Main line E80 King's Indian, Sämisch Variation E81 King's Indian, Sämisch, 5...O-O E82 King's Indian, Sämisch, 6....b6 E83 King's Indian, Sämisch, 6...Nc6 E84 King's Indian, Sämisch, Panno Main line E85 King's Indian, Sämisch, Orthodox Variation E86 King's Indian, Sämisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6 E87 King's Indian, Sämisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 E88 King's Indian, Sämisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6 E89 King's Indian, Sämisch, Orthodox Main line E90 King's Indian, 5.Nf3 E91 King's Indian, 6.Be2 E92 King's Indian, Classical Variation E93 King's Indian, Petrosian system, Main line E94 King's Indian, Orthodox Variation E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 E96 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, Main line E97 King's Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov Variation (Yugoslav Attack / Mar del Plata Variation) E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, 9.Ne1 E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, Main The main variations of the King's Indian are: [edit]Classical Variation The Classical Variation is 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 a b c d e f g h 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1

King's Indian Attack From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia King's Indian Attack a b c d e f g h 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 a b c d e f g h Typical KIA setup for White against semi-open defenses by Black Moves opening system involving moves e4, d3, Nd2, Ngf3, g3, Bg2, and 0-0 ECO A07–A08 Synonym(s) Barcza System The King's Indian Attack (KIA), also known as the Barcza System (after Gedeon Barcza), is a chess opening system for White, most notably used by Bobby Fischer. Its typical formation is shown in the diagram to the right. The opening is not a series of specific moves, but rather a system that can be played from many different move orders. Though the KIA is often reached via 1.e4 followed by d3, Nd2, Ngf3, g3, Bg2, and 0-0, it can also arise from 1.g3, 1.Nf3, or even 1.d3. Contents [show] This article uses algebraic notationto describe chess moves. [edit]Characteristics The KIA is a mirror image of the setup adopted by Black in the King's Indian Defense. Yet, because of White's extra tempo, the nature of the subsequent play is often different from that of a typical King's Indian Defence. By its nature, the KIA is a closed, strategic opening that presents its practitioner with common themes and tactics and a comfortable middlegame against various defences. White's most common plan involves a central pawn push, e4–e5, leading to a central bind,kingside space, and concrete attacking chances on a kingside-castled black king. Black's resources—more queenside space for example—are not to be underestimated. In fact, this asymmetry often leads to violent middlegames and neatly constructed mating nets involvingsacrifices. [edit]Use The KIA is often used against the semi-open defences where Black responds asymmetrically to e4, such as in the French Defence, Sicilian Defence, or Caro-Kann Defence. Yet it can also be played against Black's more common closed defenses, usually through a move order that begins with 1.Nf3 and a later fianchetto of the white-square bishop. For this reason, transpositions to the Réti Opening, Catalan Opening,English opening or even the Nimzo-Larsen Attack (after b3 and Bb2) are not uncommon. The KIA is considered a solid opening choice for White, although less ambitious than many more popular openings. Though rarely used at the highest levels except to avoid certain pet lines, it is extremely popular at the club level, because it is easier to learn than other openings that require memorising specific move orders to avoid outright losing positions. [edit]Famous games The following game is perhaps the most famous example of the KIA. Fischer–Myagmarsüren, Sousse Interzonal 1967: 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 b5 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. Bf4 a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Na5 15. Ne3 Ba6 16. Bh3 d4 17. Nf1 Nb6 18. Ng5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qd7 21. Qh5 Rfc8 22. Nd2 Nc3 23. Bf6 Qe8 24. Ne4 g6 25. Qg5 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 c4 27. h5 cxd3 28. Rh4 Ra7 29. Bg2 dxc2 30. Qh6 Qf8 31. Qxh7+ 1–0[1] Another example is the fifth game of the 1997 match Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov. [edit]See also Gedeon Barcza [edit]Notes ^ "Robert James Fischer vs Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren (1967) "A Night In Tunisia"". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 2007-04-19.

King's Pawn Game From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia King's Pawn Game a b c d e f g h 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 a b c d e f g h Moves 1.e4 ECO B00–B99, C00–C99 Parent Starting position Chessgames.com opening explorer The King's Pawn Game is any chess opening starting with the move: 1. e4White opens with the most popular of the twenty possible opening moves. Though effective in winning for White (54.25%), it is not as successful as the four next most common openings for White: 1.d4 (55.95%), 1.Nf3 (55.8%), 1.c4 (56.3%), and 1.g3 (55.8%).[1] Since nearly all of these openings have names of their own, the term "King's Pawn Game", unlike Queen's Pawn Game, is rarely used to describe the opening of the game. Advancing the king's pawn two squares is highly useful because it occupies a center square, attacks the center square d5, and allows the development of White's king's bishop and queen. Chess legend Bobby Fischer said that the King's Pawn Game is "best by test". King's Pawn Games are further classified by whether Black responds with 1...e5 or not. Openings beginning with 1.e4 e5 are called Double King's Pawn Games (or Openings), Symmetrical King's Pawn Games (or Openings), or Open Games – these terms are equivalent. Openings where Black responds to 1.e4 with a move other than 1...e5 are called Asymmetrical King's Pawn Games or Semi-Open Games. The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings classifies all King's Pawn Games into volumes B or C: volume C if the game starts with 1.e4 e6 (the French Defence) or 1.e4 e5; volume B if Black answers 1.e4 with any other move. The rare instances where the opening does not fall into a more specific category than "King's Pawn Game" are included in codes B00 (includes theNimzowitsch Defence and unusual moves after 1.e4), C20 (includes Alapin's Opening and unusual moves after 1.e4 e5), C40 (includes theLatvian Gambit and unusual moves after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3), and C50 (includes the Hungarian Defense, the Giuoco Pianissimo, and unusual moves after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4). Contents [show] This article uses algebraic notationto describe chess moves. [edit]Popular continuations The Black responses which are given one or more chapters in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO) are given below, ranked in order of popularity according to ChessBase. 1... c5, the Sicilian Defence, is in modern practice the most common continuation. The Sicilian Defence allows Black to fight for the center by preparing to meet a d2–d4 advance with ...c5xd4. The Sicilian is among the sharpest and most analyzed openings in chess, and it has eighty chapters, B20–B99, set aside for it in ECO. 1... e5 leads to the classical Open Games, which includes openings like the Ruy Lopez, King's Gambit, Italian Game, Scotch Game andPetroff Defense. Also in this opening, Black is ready to meet a d2–d4 advance with e5xd4. These openings are covered in chapters C20–C99 in ECO. 1... e6 is the French Defence, covered in chapters C00–C19 in ECO. Black's restrained response allows White to play 2.d4. This gives White a spatial advantage, with two pawns in the center to Black's one. One or the other player will usually resolve the center tension, either by Black playing ...dxe4 or White advancing with e5. In the latter case, Black typically works to undermine White's pawn center with ...c5 and/or ...f6. 1... c6 is the Caro-Kann Defence, covered in chapters B10–B19 in ECO. Like the French, this is also considered to be a solid reply, but Black will often need to surrender control over the center (e.g., after 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Black usually plays 3...dxe4). On the other hand, the light-squared bishop will usually not wind up trapped behind its own pawns, as is common in the French. 1... d6 is the Pirc Defence, a hypermodern defense in which Black allows White to construct a dominant center, with the intention of subverting it later. 1... g6 usually leads to related openings called the Pirc Defense (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6) and Modern Defense, respectively. These openings allow White to build up a pawn center with 2.d4, but Black will develop the king's bishop to g7 and strike back at the center. These openings are covered in chapters B06–B09 in ECO. 1... Nf6 is the Alekhine Defense, which invites White to attack the knight with 2.e5. Black is often forced to spend time moving the knight several times as it is chased around the board, all the while allowing White to build up a broad pawn center. Black counts on the pawns becoming overextended so that he can later undermine them. The Alekhine is covered in chapters B02–B05 of ECO. 1... d5, the Scandinavian Defense or Center Counter Defense, is a direct strike at the pawn at e4, forcing the situation in the center. After 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3, however, White gains time by attacking Black's prematurely developed queen. Alternatively, Black can play 2...Nf6 (theMarshall Gambit), when White chooses between 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 with a spatial advantage, or 3.c4, when Black usually offers a gambit with either 3...c6 or 3...e6. The Scandinavian is covered in chapter B01 in ECO. [edit]Uncommon continuations Apart from these eight responses, all other replies from Black are covered together in ECO chapter B00 ("Uncommon King's Pawn Opening"). A few of these are not entirely obscure, and have received extensive analysis. 1... Nc6 is the Nimzowitsch Defence. After 2.d4, there are two distinctive main lines: 2...e5, favored by British grandmaster Tony Miles, and 2...d5, introduced and often played by the influential Latvian-Danish player and writer Aron Nimzowitsch (1886–1935). 1... b6 is Owen's Defense, preparing to develop Black's bishop to b7 to put pressure on White's center. 1... a6 is the St. George Defence. Black prepares to advance on the queenside with 2...b5, but allows White to occupy the center with 2.d4. The opening gained some attention after Miles used it to defeat Anatoly Karpov in 1980.[2] 1... g5 is the Borg Defence ("Grob" backwards) or Basman Defence, often played by IM Michael Basman. The move weakens the kingsideseverely, but according to Modern Chess Openings (MCO), Black is only somewhat worse.[3] [edit]Rare continuations The remaining replies to 1.e4 are very rare, and have not received significant and serious attention by masters. MCO does not cover them, considering them so bad to not merit discussion.[4] These openings sometimes lead to wild and exciting games, and are occasionally employed by weaker players to get better trained opponents "out-of-book". Some have exotic names, they are listed below along with instances where they have been used by strong players. a b c d e f g h 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3

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